If you, dear reader, were a planet you’d be beautiful, lush, and life-sustaining while orbiting a gorgeous purple star. And if Tor.com were a planet… Wait! Tor.com ain’t no planet! Tor.com is a stubby rocket coming to your planet and dropping off some science fiction and fantasy news like freaking gangbusters. Geronimo! Offsite link curation action drops now.

Highlights include:

1.) Really. More Khan Casting Rumors.

2.) Aliens can now leave us a message.

3.) io9’s master chart of all magic.

4.) Gamers and their alter egos.

Every day Stubby the Rocket jets around the internet looking for links of interest. When Stubby finds these links, they get put in our handy Links of Interest section and sometimes on our Twitter and Facebook! Here are today’s: